Soap-holder.



F. A. WICKNNEY.

SOAP HOLDER.

APPLICATION min HAY a2, 19H.

STATES earner ersten FRANK A. MCKINNEY, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB TO VLKER- MCKINNEY CO., OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEW JERSEY, A CDRPOEATION OF NEW SOAP-HOLBER.

Application filed May l2, 1917.

To all whom 'it may concern: l I

Be it known that l, Finis' ii A. MGKiNNnY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Brunswick,county of Middlo sex, and State of N ew Jersey, have inventedv certain new and useful linprovements in Soa rllolders, of which the following is e specification.

lily invention relates to soap holders and provides an attachment for a faucet whereby clean, clear water or water charged with soap in the forni of snds can be obtained at will.

rThe object of the invention consists in the improvement of articles of this character in a number of important respects whereby a simple, easily constructed and positively operating device may be obtained and one which is highly effective in operation, and with the foregoing and 'related objects in view, my inventionconsists in the construction, parts, improvements and com* binations herein set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing l have shown, for the purpose of affording a clear understanding of my invention, one form in which the invention may be embodied. In the said drawing, Figure 1 is a central, vertical cross-sectional View of a soap holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary cross-sectional view showing a portion of Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a perspective View, with parts broken away, of a portion of the interior construetion of a soap holder shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of a faucet with the upper part of a soap holder embodying my inventiony in place thereon, and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the detachable soap containing receptacle.

In said drawing, reference numeral 10 designates the portion of the soap holder adapted to be secured directly to the faucet,

and the same comprises a shell 11 and an upwardly extending neck 12 provided with means for securing the device to a faucet,

such means in the form shown comprising a rubber thimble 13 which is renewable, being held in place by a screw-threaded ring 14. The shell l1 has a bottom l5 which is provided with a number of small jet holes 16, therf being preferably about twenty-five to Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 191'?.

serial No. 168,065.

beyond the bottom 15 and is provided below the openings 18 with a butterfly valve 19, the shaft 20 of which extends through the tube 17 and out through the flange 21 which skirts the lower margin of the shell 11. The neck l2 and tube 17 may, of course, be integral -if desired.

Means are provided for normally holding the valve 19 in a substantially vertical open position, and in the form shown a weight 22 is provided for that purpose, which also may serve conveniently as a crank or thumb piece for conveniently turning the valve 19 to closed position at right angles to thaty shown. 1t should be noted that the valve 19 is preferably held closed by. pushing upward on the crank, whereby the device is more firmly held in place on a faucet.

The parts so far described comprise all those which are attached directly to thev faucet, and it will be observed that with the valve 19 in the position shown, the water,`

will pass clear through the valve 19, whereas with the valve 19 closed, the water passes through the lateral openings 18 in the tube 17 and into the chamber in the shell 11 and is discharged with considerable violence through the spray openings 16, and at the saine time, the' passage of the water being retarded, a hydraulic pressure of the water against the exterior of the thimble 13Yis` obtained, and by'this hydraulic back pressure the device is very firmly held on the faucet in a manner which will be readily understood. Should the thimble 13 become worn and leaky, as may happen after a vperiod of use, so that water gets between it and the faucet spout,pthereby preventing the effective holding by the back pressure 'is bdescilf'f, the thiinble '13 may be feplacod by unscrewing the ring A Ysh rubber thinilole substituted.

gnates the soap containnshell, elably of glass, though other materials used, and means ai'e pofided for securing it to the shell l1 and a tight joint therebetween =iein. ln the torni shown with thee slots e shell l is proinwaidly proin the construce material of the ted jncints. A Ver fing 26, is seated ainst the bottoni The out apart at 7 so placed that ed tlei'ebetween, i-abbe ring by the in plac and also ing to fairsand and together tightly, phage about shaft a 'spout a8 which oepes with the tube l?,

i o loic of the tube 29 thereare gorovided in the a oale pieces of@ l1 J' nieans n t ie conhaving Vairi- Dans may be utilis-ed need not be seie meml and aesae'ri The device does not inteifei'e with 'the 6 ordinary use of the faucet as the Valve 19 is normally held in vertical or open position by the Weight oi other means piovided for that purpose, and the stream of Water issuing from the faucet passes clearly 7` through the tubes i7 and 29, which alloid a 'free passage considerably in excess of the faucet opening, and is discharged Without making any Contact with the soap, and iesli, clear Water is obtained. To obtain soapy 75 Water or soap suds, the valve 19 in tumed to closed position, whereupon the Water, be-

ing dischargediforcibly through the noles 16, strikes upon the soap Within the holder 23 and dissolves the saine, forming it into ga soap suds which pass through the. openings 30 and is dischai'ved throuvh the tube 29.

this action ot forming suds is, ot course, more efficient with heated water than 'with cold. lf moderately soapy watei: is desired. to be obtained, the Valve 19 may be pei.'- inittcd to remain slightly open. it will he noted that the soap lies undei1 the jets and that all the gets play on the soap until used up, a result not possible to be seeured with laterally directed jets, foi example.

l found that with a device eonstucted as shown, these is substantially no contamination by the soap of the clear Watei? foaming diiectly-thiough the tubes. o1 example l have found that, after using the device 'lor a considerable pei-lod, Say minute or ixioi'e, for the production of soap suds, with the 'valve 19 closed and then oli/Benin@ the valve and allowing the Water t0 i'un thiough the tubes 17 and 29 for a few seconds, say tour or five seconds, the Wate; disehaged izhei'eafter is entirely free iiojin and l have frequently tested the Watei: obtained under auch conditions with a delif ite ehenii le cal test oisoap and have found that ne ice of soap Was present eye-a afte' l oiliiig the Water down to one-twentieth or there about of its oiiginal volume and the-n subiccting the Water remaining, with all iin pusitics therein concentrated to substantially the extent illustrated, to delicate chemical tests foi' vthe presence of soap, and in such `instances have found soap to be entiiely sent fioni the vate?.

lt will be undei'stood that the embodiment illustrated is intended only for the impose ot' ailording a clear understanding oit in,- yention, and that l not to be .limited thereto except as iequiied by nay claims. by 2n which my invention 1s defined, and that inodiications and changes therein may l iesofted to'without departing` i'ion'i my invention o sacrificing any ot its advantages Having thus described my ii 'i claim:

. l. ln a soap holder, a shell, means for at taching same to a faucet, a centfal pipe in said shell and having lateral openings communicating with the, hollow interior of the shell near the. top thereof, a buttert'ly valve in said pipe beneath said lateral openings, detachable means tor holding soap beneath said shell and under the spray openings, a discharge tube, and means below said valve tor providing communication between said soap containing chamber and said discharge tube.

2, In a soap holder. means adapted to be removably attached to a faucet for permitting the discharge ot clear water or for charging the water with soap in solution, and manually operated control means therefor, said control means being adapted to be operated by upward pressure, whereby the holding of the dcviceon the faucet is assisted.

3. In a soap holder, a shell provided with downwardly projecting jet holes, a tube in said shell having holes leading into the shell and having a valve beneath said holes, means for supporting soap in line with the jet openings and permitting its discharge when charged with soap, and means for holding said valve closed by upward manual pressure, such pressure operating to assist in holding the tube in place on the faucet` el. ln a soap holder, means comprising a central tube and a surrounding annular soap 4holding chamber, passages being provided Y between the tube and the soap chamber, and

a. valve in said' tube beneath said passages, said valve being adapted to be held closed by manually exerted upward pressure, whereby the holding of the device upon the faucet is assisted.

5. ln a soap holder, a shell adapted to be secured to a faucet and provided with a central passage and with spray holes in its bottom, means tr opening and closing said' passage whereby the water from the faucet may be discharged through said passage or through the spray holes at will, a soap holding cup having a central passage and a surrounding receptacle for soap and adapted to be-detachably secured to said shell with said passages in alinement and the soap supported beneath said spray openings, whereby clear water may be passed through the central passage or the water discharged through the. spray openings to charge the water with soap suds at will'.

ln a soap holder. a shell` means forattaching the same to a faucet so that the shell is supported substantially vertically. downwardly directed spray openings in the bottom ot the shell. a central tube in said shell. means ior permitting water to pass through said central tube or for diverting it into said shell and causing it to pass downwardly through said spray openings, a-

4the tube in the cup, and means for detachably connecting said cup to said shell.

7. In a soap holder, a hollow shell having a central tube provided with lateral yopenings extending into the shell, means for attaching said shell to a faucet so'that the spray openings are directed downwardly,l a valve in said tube below the lateral openings therein and provided with means for normally maintaining it in open position but adapted to be held manually in closed posi tion, a detachable cup having a bayonet joint connection to lsaid shell, a gasket in said shell for making a tight joint between it and the cup, said cup having a central tube' in alinement with the tube in the shell, and having means surrounding said tube for supporting soap beneath the spray openings, there being lateral openings in the tube beneath the soap supporting means for permitting water passing through said soapl chamber to reenter the tube below-the shell.

8. In a soap holder, a hollow shell provided wi'th downwardly directed spray openings, a central tube in said shell, means for attaching said tube to a. faucet, said tube being provided. with openings communicating with the interior of the shell, a butteriiy valve in said tube beneath said openings, a shaft for said valve extending through the tube and through a flange projecting downwardly on the shell beneath the bottom thereof and provided with a cranked arm and a weight thereon adapted to maintain the valve in open position, but whereby lthe valve may be manually closed, and means adapted to be detaehably connected'with the flange on said shell for supporting soap in line with the spray apertures, whereby water passing through the said soap cham- 11o ber may be charged with soap, and also provided with` a central tube adapted 'to register with the tube in' said, shell.

Sl. Ina soap holder, a vshell 'having downwardly directed jet aperturesand a central tube, av rubber thimble in said tube whereby the same may be secured upon aI faucet with the thimble hugging theV end o't thel faucet close and subjected to water pressure on its exterior', the jet apertures in the 120 shell being minute and adapted to retard the (low ot' water and ca use the forcible discharge of water in jets therethrough,` a valve in saidlube adapted to prevent the passage` ot' water therethrough and divert it through 125 the jets, a handle tor operating said valve, said handle extending to the exterior of the device and being adaptedto close the valve siseed, soep Containing means adaped io be detuehably supported by said shell and comprisng a central aube in line with the tube in the shel, and n Surrounding annular soap chamber provlde. With apetures communieaing with said 1mbe near the lower en@ il-iiereof.

In testimony that I claim the foi going, '10 have hereto set my hand, this 5th dayfof "iey, 191?.

FRANK A.. MCKINNEY. 

